Courage Quotes

Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.

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"We are often paralyzed by the fear of speaking truth to power."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"When evil is unchecked, it grows; when good is unasserted, it atrophies."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The word is ours, if we have the courage to speak it and act upon it."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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"The intellectual must resist the comfortable lie and embrace the difficult truth."
Jorge Edwards
J
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in its presence."
Jorge Edwards
J
"To live authentically is to live courageously."
Jorge Edwards
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"Courage is doing what you believe in despite the cost."
Kathy Acker
K
"Courage is knowing you might fail and doing it anyway."
Kathy Acker
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"Nothing is stronger than true courage."
Abraham Lincoln
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it"
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Courage whispers while fear shouts"
Miguel Ángel Asturias
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"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
Nelson Mandela
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"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
Nelson Mandela
N
"Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball."
Nelson Mandela
N
"Courage is not physical. Courage is about having the ability to overcome the things that frighten us."
Nelson Mandela
N
"What matters most is not the final coronation but the courage of the convictions with which one enters the struggle."
Nelson Mandela
J
"The artist's greatest freedom is to speak truth to power."
Jorge Edwards
J
"Patency in the face of injustice is complicity."
Jorge Edwards
J
"Authenticity is not a choice but a necessity for the writer."
Jorge Edwards
J
"The greatest courage is to tell the truth in words."
Jorge Edwards
"Silence can be a form of violence."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The greatest rebellion is choosing to live authentically in a world that demands conformity."
Gioconda Belli
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite it."
Gioconda Belli
"To be courageous is to continue moving forward when we want to stop."
Gioconda Belli
"Courage multiplies when shared with others."
Gioconda Belli
K
"If you don't have enemies, you haven't stood for anything."
Kathy Acker
K
"The more honest you are, the more vulnerable you become."
Kathy Acker
K
"To rebel is to live."
Kathy Acker
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
Mahatma Gandhi
"A Coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
Mahatma Gandhi